Australia In India 2009/10

McKay Debuts As Australia Bat First In Hyderabad

5 November 2009

Shane Watson opens the batting for Australia.

©REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET) Picture Supplied by Action Images

Australia v India
Fifth One-Day International, Hyderabad

Injury-hit Australia handed a debut to pace bowler Clinton McKay and made two other changes before winning the toss and deciding to bat first in the fifth One-Day International against India in Hyderabad.

Adam Voges and Ben Hilfenhaus are back in the side which is missing Moises Henriques, Peter Siddle and Mitchell Johnson while India replaced Ishant Sharma with Munaf Patel with Gautam Gambhir returning to the side in place of Virat Kohli.

The seven-match series is level at 2-2.

Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (captain), Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Adam Voges, Graham Manou, Nathan Hauritz, Clinton McKay, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ravi Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

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